U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the U.S. and Britain would retain and enhance their special relationship once the U.K. leaves the European Union this week. He also said that American unhappiness with the British decision to allow the Chinese tech company Huawei to play a role in the country\u2019s high-speed wireless network would not affect broader ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pompeo played down concerns that Huawei\u2019s presence in Britain\u2019s 5G network would severely disrupt intelligence sharing within the so-called \u201cFive Eyes\u201d partnership of English-speaking nations that includes the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat relationship is deep. It is strong, it will remain,\u201d Pompeo said at an event with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab before meeting Johnson. \u201cI am confident that as we work together to figure out how to implement this decision that we\u2019ll work to get this right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe were trying to make the case, as we made the case with every country in the world, that we think putting Huawei technology anywhere in your system is very, very difficult to mitigate and therefore not worth the gamble,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As President Donald Trump\u2019s Senate impeachment trial neared a close in Washington, Pompeo met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to re-register American concerns about Huawei. But he stressed that he expected they could be addressed as more details emerge on what limits will be placed on the company and with advances in communications technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. has been lobbying European allies to ban Huawei over concerns it could be compelled to help with electronic eavesdropping after Beijing enacted a 2017 national intelligence law. U.S. officials also worry that 5G networks would rely heavily on software, leaving them open to vulnerabilities, and have repeatedly warned they would have to reconsider intelligence sharing with allies that use Huawei. The company has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday, Britain decided to let Huawei have a limited role supplying new high-speed network equipment to wireless carriers, ignoring Washington\u2019s warnings that it would sever intelligence sharing if the company wasn\u2019t banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britain\u2019s decision was the first by a major U.S. ally in Europe, and follows intense lobbying from the Trump administration as the U.S. vies with China for technological dominance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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